Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-09-09

III reHUlDeSS anu Une opening WAS SCI lOV
Wednesday. The recent Improvements to
the school building make comfortable
quarters for the pupils. ..M Miss Sadie
and Bertha Farrar of West Troy, daugh
ters of Rev. H. G.. Farrar, president of the
Round Lake association. are guests OF
Capt. Hawley's family. There is to be
an excursion to Clark's island in the river
st. Lawrence Wednesday for the benefit OF
the band.
verEennes.
The outing for the choir boys of St.
Paul's church closed Thursday The
consists of l6 members, as follows: A.
Cook, f. Botsford, A. G. Taber, Fred
Bates, II. Pierce, b. Yattaw, George Les
lie, George Norris, C.. McCuen, II. Nc
Cuen, George Chilson, George Blakely, G.
Stearns, H. Eooth C.Booth, a. Leslie, they
f. Parker, NJ. J. McCuen, william
and John Booth and were visited
by Mrs, Taylor, Parker, McCuen,
Booth and Miss NJ. johnson. ......
The two daughters and son of DR.. Henry
Hickok of Orange, n, j., who have been
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Hickok
for some time, returned home Thursday.
......Mr. c. r. ). Pierce has returned
from his Western TRIP. Major j. ID.
Atwell ard wife OF Port Henry are the
guests of c. 7, Stevens. Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard of Lansingburgh, n Y, are the
E .
The band gave band concerts Thursday
and Friday evenings. Mrs. Sarah
Dyer and daughter and Mrs. j. f. Dyer
OF West Salisbury are visiting relatives III
Nergennes
Prot. Yager officiated at communion
service, Congregational church, Sunday,
and preached strong sermon from Luke
xiii, 1880. He made some strong local
references in the course of his remarks
.....T The Gazette towed mp he canal boat
Platt, with coal for I. Mack last week..
H. Adams shipped half a ton of live poul-
try to Watertown parties Monday.
The fog on the lake detained the tug boat
Witherbee some hours Monday. ........
Mr.. Nichols of New York, president of
the Adirondacks Granite company, was
in town Monday, on business connected
with the company. Miss Lizzie Hickok,
| eldest daughter of J. s. Hickok, leaves in
few days for Clinton, \. Y, to attend
! school.
The street commissioners have an un-
| finished job in front of the stores on Main
| street. Fort Cassin has been visited by
! many guests this season, including Prot.
! Hart and son of Boston, biologists; DIR.
! Bisbee and +. A. Hasseltine and family
of Bristol, Prof. Perkins and family of
Burlington and l.. H Brooks and family
of Cincinnati, Ohio. 49,. Mrs. Dr. Parker at
| Nile point caught two pckerel weighing
four aud one half and five pounds and
furnished the Norton camp with IA
pounds OF nice fish. Mr. +. > Chamber
lain gathered over IA bushels of
nice fruit off of a pear tree this season..
Mr.. Henry Howe, clerk for n. j. McCuen,
is visiting in Ludlow. Wirton Smith
son of O. Smith, Addison. and graduate
OF Beeman academy, is going to Chicago
.The Nergennes cornet band were pho
tographed by Mclaughlin Saturday.
The steam yacht Otter, Capt. w. Y. Ed
mond makes 10 miles an hour. She is
| thirty-elght feet over all aud accOmmu
dates forty passengers.
Potatoes have been seriously damage
by the bug They will be well mp In price
this fall, farmers think k...... From the
mouth of the creek TO Basin Harbor, about
three miles, most OF the lake front of the
five farms has becH taken up 10y parties
tor summer cottages. The Methodist
C.iurch has been thoroughly overhauled
and cleaned up. brushed, 9usted, scrub
The Independent Workers held "A festival
at Methodist church on the 7th inst......
The increased pension to +. T. Collins
| Huntington, was from IS to S3O..... The
chestnut grove in Lincoln, formerly
owned by Mr. Cove, and planted by his
father, is in full bearing this year.. me
convent school at Waterloo, Canada, re-
ceives a number OF puIJns from this
vicinity. Miss Pnney of Mddlebury, re
sumes her place IN the school and Miss
| Lizzie Dyer of West Salisbury, viii also
join the school next week......lu some
parts of Addison, malarial 1tver Is having
"A steady run this season. The physicians
! finu II difficult to manage. ..... Postmaster
/ Kimbali and family are camping at Mile
/ point.
Morrisville.
Mrs Emily r. Montgomery well known
here. is to sail from Boston Thursday re
turning to her missionary work in Turkey,
where her husband, Rev. Giles F, Mont
gomerv. now is.-The fall term of school
at MorriSville academy has opened with an
I increased attendance by nonresident pupils.
Mrs Rev. F. f. Healey is spending Il
| few weeks in Burlington --Clitlord Tiff
/ leaves town for Detroit, Mich, Monday
where he has position in dry goods eS-
Establishments Thomas Cheney viii he
added TO the list of MorriSvilie young men
who will attend the L. Y. NJ. this fall.
THE meetings of the reading club are
| to be revived at an early date.--MlSs
| Delano of Massachusetts, the new teacher III
/ the grmmar department at the academy
was given n reception at d. X. Hickok 5.
-The building at the foot of High street,
of late used as a carriage manufactory. has
/ been purchased by ID. X. Hickok, who has
/ invented washing machine and will manu-
| facture them there Herman, son of Dr..
r. j. Holbrook, is seriously i'll with typhoid
fever.
Waterville
r. II. Brown has opened flour and feed
store at the lower village, Mrs. Frelealle
McD nald and daughter OF Manchester, y.
H., are visiting friends i'll town. John
Holmes and grandson of Burlington were IN
town on Saturday Mrs. Robert Wiley
and children were visiting her brqiher Mr..
/ Locklin at Rchford the past week.
Osmond Burnham has moved back ON to his
farm ON East hill.-Miss Alice jacobs of
Burlington was the guest of j. Y. Stevens the
past week.-Willie Smile started ON
/ Tuesday, the 9th inst, for Los Angeles Cali
| fornia. Mrs. Col )nel Jewett of ST. Johns
| bury was the guest of Mrs, l.. L. Poland the
past Week.-Mrs.. John Lang of Cam
| bridge was visiting in town the past week
-- Adelbert Stockwell and wife are visiting
| his parents at Waitsteld. John Beatty OF
/ Iowa is visiting his sister, Mrs f. W
/ Brown Simeon IIeminway, one OF the
/ olI Io,,I ,,,atl-e Ji,b frpu the effects OF